David Byrne has recalled hearing Lorde’s music for the first time.The pair were speaking as part of Rolling Stones’ new ‘Musicians On Musicians’ cover series.Byrne told the New Zealand musician that he admired the minimalism of her music.
He said: “I heard your music ages ago. One of the things that struck me was how minimal it was.“There was a lot going on in the vocal area with harmonies, but musically, it was stripped down — just what you need as far as beats and keyboards, and no more.
Which completely knocked me out. I thought, ‘I could learn from that.'”He asked Lorde: “Did you get any pushback in the beginning: “You need to add this, that, and the other to this production?”Lorde went on to reply: “It’s funny that you say that.
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